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Amin Taha proposes £8m ‘Edwardian makeover’ for post-war office block

By 2020-09-03T06:00:00

Greville Street Red

Holborn office building to be wrapped in period-shaped brown mesh facade

Amin Taha and his practice Groupwork have revealed bold plans to reinvent a 1970s office building in central London as a mock-Edwardian warehouse using a mesh wrap.

The existing six-storey block in Holbon’s Bleeding Heart Yard, a small square close to Hatton Garden, will be overhauled with a neo-Edwardian facade and period windows, all created using brown mesh.

The scheme also features a new mansard roof extension providing two extra storeys.

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